Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 43:647–651, 2013
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ISSN: 1553-3174 print / 1553-3182 online
DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2012.749900
Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two New Complexes
Based on R-isophthalate (R = –CH3 or –OCH3) and
bis(imidazole) Co-ligand
Jian-Hua Qin, Jian-Ge Wang, Ke-Yan Zhao, and Yue Hu
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, P. R. China
rigid or flexible N-donor ligands, such as 4,4ꢁ-bipyridine and its
derivatives, and bis(imidazole) ligands, have been designed and
characterized widely.[13–19] In order to further investigate the
influences of the flexibilities of the ligands on the architectures
of coordination polymers, in this study, we chose 5-methylisop-
hthalate (CH3-H2ip), 5-methoxyisophthalate (CH3O-H2ip), and
1,5-bis(imidazole)pentane (biim-5) to construct new coordina-
tion polymers. Herein, we present the preparation and crystal
structures of two Co(II) complexes: [Co(CH3-ip)(biim-5)]n (1)
and [Co(CH3O-ip)(biim-5)]n (2)
Two new complexes, [Co(CH3-ip)(biim-5)]n (1) and [Co(CH3O-
ip)(biim-5)]n (2) (CH3-H2ip = 5-methylisophthalate, CH3O-H2ip =
5-methoxyisophthalate, biim-5 = 1,5-bis(imidazole)pentane), have
been synthesized via hydrothermal reactions and characterized by
elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray analysis. Complex 1 be-
longs to the monoclinic system, P2(1)/c space group, a = 9.464(2)
Å, b = 14.567(4) Å, c = 15.206(4) Å, β = 102.369(2)◦, F (000) = 916,
R1 = 0.0701, wR2 = 0.1831; complex 2 belongs to the monoclinic
system, P2(1)/c space group, a = 9.5922(17) Å, b = 15.231(3) Å,
c = 16.3797(19) Å, β = 122.638(7)◦, F (000) = 948, R1 = 0.0466,
wR2 = 0.1188. In the two complexes, CH3-ip and CH3O-ip both
adopt bis-monodentate bridging modes to link neighboring Co(II)
ions to form 1D chains, which are further across-linked by biim-5
ligands to generate 2D (4,4) rectangular grid layers. These iden-
tical 2D single nets are interlocked with each other and form an
interesting threefold parallel interpenetrated architecture.
EXPERIMENTAL
Materials and Physical Measurements
All reagents used in the syntheses were of analytical grade.
Elemental analyses for carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen were
performed on a Vario EL III elemental analyzer (Elementar
Analysensysteme GmbH, Germany). The crystal determination
was performed on a Bruker SMART APEX II CCD diffrac-
tometer (Germany) equipped with graphite-monochromatized
MoKα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å).
Keywords 1, 5-bis(imidazole)pentane), 5-methoxyisophthalate,
5-methylisophthalate, crystal structure
INTRODUCTION
The design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks
(MOFs) have attracted considerable attention because of their
potential applications as functional materials as well as their
structural diversity and intriguing variety of topologies.[1–8]
Usually, structure-directing ligands, coordination geometries
of metal ions and the reaction conditions are the main keys to
achieve the construction of charming structural topologies. As
to organic ligands, carboxylate ligands have attracted intensive
research interest due to their various coordination modes to
metal ions, allowing for the large diversity of topologies.[9–12]
So far, a great many metal-carboxylate complexes containing
Syntheses of Complexes
[Co(CH3-ip)(biim-5)]n (1)
A mixture of CH3-H2ip (0.1 mmol, 18.0 mg), biim-5
(0.10 mmol, 20.4 mg) and Co(OAc)2·4H2O (0.1 mmol, 24 mg),
KOH (0.1 mmol, 5.6 mg), and distilled water (15 mL) was
placed in a Teflon-lined stainless steel vessel, heated to 120◦C
for three days, and then cooled down to room temperature over
24 h. Red block crystals of 1 were obtained. Elemental analysis
(%): Anal. Calcd. for C20H22CoN4O4 (Mr = 441.35): C, 54.43;
H, 5.02; N, 12.69; Found: C, 54.48; H, 4.98; N, 12.65.
Received 16 May 2012; accepted 11 November 2012.
This work was supported by the Henan tackle key problem
of science and technology (No. 112102310528 and 102102210246)
and the Foundation of Education Committee of Henan province
(No. 2011B150023).
Address correspondence to Jian-Hua Qin, College of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022,
P. R. China. E-mail: jh q128105@126.com
[Co(CH3O-ip)(biim-5)]n (2)
2 was synthesized in a similar way as that described
for 1, except that CH3-H2ip was replaced by CH3O-H2ip
(0.1 mmol, 19.2 mg). Elemental analysis (%): Anal. Calcd. for
C20H22CoN4O5 (Mr = 457.35): C, 52.52; H, 4.85; N, 12.25;
Found: C, 52.49; H, 4.82; N, 12.29.
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